La emergencia de un nuevo escenario obliga a las organizaciones de la sociedad civil a revisar sus agendas y sus estrategias de trabajo en relación con el sector extractivo.

The Resource Governance Index results for Ukraine recently spurred constructive and proactive conversation about how to better the country’s extractives management at a parliamentary event in Kyiv.

The Ukraine extractives industry faces many challenges and opportunities. In-country stakeholders are interested in improving the transparency of sector legislation and making sure it doesn’t hamper production.

Key recommendations from the 2017 Resource Governance Index, along with a review of initial media coverage and reactions. 

Ghana’s government will develop a publicly available petroleum register containing the full text of all petroleum agreements, licenses, permits and authorizations, a government minister said yesterday.
 

NRGI's Media for Oil Reform Fellowship is a development program designed to promote reporting that deepens knowledge of the Nigeria oil sector and that drives positive change in the sector. 

Shell companies have been called the “getaway cars” of corruption. In some jurisdictions, including the U.S., individuals can easily set up anonymous companies and use them to hide stolen funds.

International organizations, fiscal policy experts and transparency advocates agree that civil society and the general public need to understand budget figures to effectively monitor the use of public funds.

Over the last fortnight, disclosures of oil and gas company payments to governments have poured in. 

Resource-rich Latin American countries did experience high rates of economic growth and diminished poverty and inequality during the boom years. On the surface, this would appear to strengthen arguments that extractive industries are key to progress, especially in resource-rich areas, despite their negative environmental impact. Nevertheless, a closer look shows that things are a bit more complicated.